grande puissance
\ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“grande puissance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grande puissance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grande puissance” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grande puissance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃d pɥi.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for grande puissance in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is grande puissance, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-U-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Pays qui a une influence internationale par son économie et sa politique.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grande puissance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-N-D-E- -P-U-I-S-S-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.